11-23-2007, 06:36 AM
punapetah, enjoyed your childhood memories ...
I was not raised in a Christian church or with a large family, so I don't know what that's like except from observing friends when I was growing up.
Maybe because we had a family of four, the tree made Christmas time special ... we didn't have enough bodies for a party. It was my job to decorate the tree from when I was seven and I loved it. (My mom has always wanted to boycott Christmas, before her time, born in the '20's).
when I moved here I was amazed how big a craze there was for Christmas stuff and all the imported trees. My observation -- as I said on the Walmart topic -- it is NOT transplanted mainlanders bringing their customs with them who are buying all these trees.
It is local familes who are buying the majority of the trees and all the decorations!
Just watch in the parking lot and look in the carts!
Island folks love Christmas. Blame the missionaries, or the Catholicism that came with Filipino and Portugese immigrants, or maybe it's a human thing to enjoy ritual, glitter, lights, and sweets ...
I think that mainland transplants who believe in alternative living are far less likely to buy a Christmas tree. Like I said, I haven't bought one since I moved here. The last time I bought a tree (on mainland) was 1997, and that was the first one I'd had since 1986.
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I was not raised in a Christian church or with a large family, so I don't know what that's like except from observing friends when I was growing up.
Maybe because we had a family of four, the tree made Christmas time special ... we didn't have enough bodies for a party. It was my job to decorate the tree from when I was seven and I loved it. (My mom has always wanted to boycott Christmas, before her time, born in the '20's).
when I moved here I was amazed how big a craze there was for Christmas stuff and all the imported trees. My observation -- as I said on the Walmart topic -- it is NOT transplanted mainlanders bringing their customs with them who are buying all these trees.
It is local familes who are buying the majority of the trees and all the decorations!
Just watch in the parking lot and look in the carts!
Island folks love Christmas. Blame the missionaries, or the Catholicism that came with Filipino and Portugese immigrants, or maybe it's a human thing to enjoy ritual, glitter, lights, and sweets ...
I think that mainland transplants who believe in alternative living are far less likely to buy a Christmas tree. Like I said, I haven't bought one since I moved here. The last time I bought a tree (on mainland) was 1997, and that was the first one I'd had since 1986.
we